Hoop or mask
- Museum number:
- 2-2856
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21020002856
- Accession number:
- Acc.46
- Object count:
- 1
- Description:
- Hand hoop or finger mask; wood bent into a double hoop shape; bound with spruce root; feathers; no central piece (i.e., face etc); faded red paint.
- Donor:
- Phoebe Apperson Hearst
- Collection place:
- Northwest Bering Sea, Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska; Northwest Bering Sea
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- Charles L. Hall
- Collection date:
- ca. 1895
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Masks (costume)
- Accession date:
- August 12, 1902
- Context of use:
- Dancing.
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- width 12 centimeters and height 11.6 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-